and so, for example, in 2011 during the republican primary, mitt romney said flat-out that he thinks that fema should be abolished and should be privatized. really? at this moment in time, i think that's the kind of comment that could come back to haunt somebody like mitt romney. >> so i have to give ron the last word. ron, button it up for us. >> well, i have to say that i don't think anyone -- most people don't have a positive impression of fema. and i think mitt romney is right on the button. but i don't think anybody cares about that right now. i think people care about whether or not their power is on, whether or not their basements are going to be flooded. and i think if the president gets too far in front of this and something goes wrong, people are going to remember, hey, my power's not out. and the president's talking about fema. i'm not a big fan of fema. that could sway their vote. >> we'll see. ron and maria, thanks so much for the discussion this morning. we appreciate it. we're going live to new york city. governor cuomo is having a news conference. this is in albany, r